Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed into law House Bill 546, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression as a public policy matter and specifically with regard to employment.

On Monday, Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie signed into law House Bill 546, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in employment and as a matter of public policy. The bill had received final legislative approval in mid-April.

Hawaii becomes the 13th state to ban discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing and public accommodations, marking one-quarter of U.S. states with such laws. More than 125 cities and counties also have such laws on the books.

Hawaii law has prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation since 1991. Hawaii also already prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in housing and public accommodations.

Gilding the lilyJust how much of a paradise does Hawaii have to be? As if they ain’t perfect enough already.
Now if they just make the place afordable with plenty of good jobs, they’ll be all set. Of course, then everyone would live there (I know I would).

Not quiteTrue that Hawaii passed SO employment protections back in 1991, but that was all. No other protections were passed for anyone until 2005, at which time both SO and GI/E were covered for housing. In 2006 both SO and GI/E were covered for public accommodations. This year employment protections were added for GI/E.
So as you can see, what really happened wasn’t as you described.

Can you describe to me how the alleged “sell out” happened?Who was involved, exactly? What was traded? Who were the trans activists involved at the time? Can you produce any statements from them?
I eagerly await your fact-based response.